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The splintered trunk of the monumental chestnut tree, which comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II, is seen after it has fallen over on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The tree's trunk snapped close to the ground and it toppled into neighboring gardens, damaging several sheds. No one was hurt. The 150-year-old tree suffered from fungus and moths that had caused more than half its trunk to rot. Two years ago the 27-ton tree was encased in a steel tripod as a precaution of the danger it might fall, but that failed under windy weather Monday. (AP Photo/Evert Elzinga)